Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed two adults and a child in Holbrook on April 12.
Emanuel Dandrea was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway when he attempted to make a left-hand turn toward southbound Coates Avenue and collided with a 2002 Honda motorcycle that was traveling eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway at approximately 1:20 p.m.
Both Dandrea, 74, of Shoreham, and the driver of the motorcycle, Alaaeldien Elfaham, 23, of Deer Park, were pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the Equinox, Alanna Lika, 11, of Holbrook, was transported in an ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious physical injuries. She later died at the hospital. An 8-year-old female in the vehicle was also taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Veterans Memorial Highway was closed both ways for about three hours.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call Fifth Squad detectives at 631-854- 8552.
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